Pereira vs Oleksiejczuk

Who won Pereira vs Oleksiejczuk?

Michel Pereira beat Michal Oleksiejczuk by submission in the 1st round during the prelims of UFC 299, on Saturday 9th March 2024 at Kaseya Center in Miami.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Pereira vs Oleksiejczuk stats

Michel Pereira stepped into the octagon with a record of 29 wins, 11 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.

Michal Oleksiejczuk made his way to the cage with a record of 19 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 14 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Michel Pereira's 11th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2019. Michal Oleksiejczuk marked his 15th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2017.

Michel Pereira's UFC record stood at 9-2-0, while Michal Oleksiejczuk's came in at 7-7-0.

The stats suggested Oleksiejczuk had a massive power advantage over Pereira, boasting a 74% knock out percentage over Pereira's 38%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Pereira had an advantage over Oleksiejczuk, with a 24% submission rate over Oleksiejczuk's 5%.

Michel Pereira was the older man by 1 year, at 30 years old.

Pereira had a height advantage of 1 inch over Oleksiejczuk. Despite this, Oleksiejczuk had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Pereira was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 15 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 2 years earlier than Oleksiejczuk, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 49 more professional rounds, 97 to Oleksiejczuk's 48.

Pereira vs Oleksiejczuk form

Michel Pereira had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Andre Fialho at UFC 270 on 22nd January 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Honda Center, Anaheim, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Niko Price at UFC 264 on 10th July 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Khaos Williams at UFC Vegas 17 on 19th December 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he was victorious against Zelim Imadaev at UFC Vegas 9 on 5th September 2020 by submission in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had lost to Diego Sanchez at UFC on ESPN+ 25 on 15th February 2020 by submission in the 3rd round at Santa Ana Star Center, Rio Rancho.

Oleksiejczuk had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Sam Alvey at UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Hill on 6th August 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Dustin Jacoby at UFC 272 on 5th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Shamil Gamzatov at UFC 267 on 30th October 2021 by knockout in the 1st round.

Before that, he had defeated Modestas Bukauskas at UFC 260 on 27th March 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

He had been defeated by Jimmy Crute at UFC on ESPN+ 26 on 22nd February 2020 by submission in the 1st round at Spark Arena, Auckland, New Zealand.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Michal Oleksiejczuk had been fighting more than Michel Pereira.

Going to this contest, Michel Pereira had last fought 2 years, 8 months and 10 days ago, while Michal Oleksiejczuk's last outing had been 2 years, 1 month and 26 days ago.

Pereira's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 7 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Oleksiejczuk's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 7 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Pereira vs Oleksiejczuk?

Michel Pereira was a 67/100 (-150) favourite going into the contest, while Michal Oleksiejczuk made his way into the ring at 5/4 (+130) with oddsmakers.